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mmn it on world and hath
Another to attend him.
George Herbert.
Germany seems to bo the Cleve
land of the Continental League.
Have the British got tho Bremen?
If they have, they've got the goods.
Mr. Wilson's thinking may not bo
Tery rigorous, but his language Is adroit.
If tho Mayor Is In need of any as
sistance In negotiating with tho P. R. T.
vrhy call In Antonlus when Caesar Id
available?
Throwing dust In people's eyes has
never been considered a very gracloua
thing, but what shall be said of those who
have dust swept Into the nostrils and
S3QUths and lungs of passers-by? Have
we come to the point where every man,
to be safe, must wear a respirator?
It Is cheaper for the city to produce
Its own electric current for lighting the
City Hall than to buy It This Is why
H 1 beginning work on a ninety thousand
dollar power plant. It will supply the
earTent so cheaply that the plant will
t paid for in five years by the economies.
j.Thifl is the kind of business administra
tion that Justifies Itself. If we had more
It there would be no occasion, for worry
(lsT over an increase in the tax rate.
'.&
There may be merit In some pro-
iPrletary medicines, although the finest
remedy In the world for kidney trouble
'Slight do nothing more than kill a per-
;en suffering from heart disease. The
rjsan who Is his own lawyer has a fool
ifer;a client, and the man who Is his own
doctor Is likely to have a corpse for a
patient Selling the gullible worthies
or 'harmful stuff on the plea that It Is
iBiecticlne Is highly lucrative for the seller,
I as well as for periodicals which carry ad-
ivertlsements of it, but not even in the
remotest way can it be of any value to
'the unfortunate buyer.
v These are the days when people
Who never look at a score board from
, April to September He awoke at night
figuring out percentages. If the Phillies
ean keep up their present pace nothing
loan stop them, and if nothing can stop
tbem we will be In for another "world
jMtcious," as Abe Potash calls It. There
(Were games played months ago that were
JM vital to the team's success as those
'jitased now, but they did not draw the
lme crowds. But there Is nothing
.strange In that. The crisp air, the close
Snlsh and the big prize at stake put the
ten "on their toes" for plays that are
Met made every day in the year.
, Responses to this newspaper's
cpMstlon, "Who'll be .the Beth low of
Philadelphia?" have already begun to
eorne in. The friends of high-minded and
Independent young men are nominating
them as available leaders in municipal
' reform. The man cannot be picked in
tbis way, however. He must pick himself
fcBd prove by his publlo spirit and lnitla
'tive that he has the capacities of loader
ablp. He must by sheer fltness rise above
tth mass and attract attention to him
mi(. The roan Is here, and he may be
tfce one of whom such leadership would
b 'least suspected even by himself. His
Mme may be among those suggested
h afore the readers tire of calling atten
t(ci to the large number of capable young
Mail In the city.
' The demand for preparedness has
Mwreased the popularity of the military
Attoo)s and they are entering upon a
year of unprecedented prosperity. Their
ftfctttty to train young men for military
ervjee Is unquestioned. It Is recognized
lay the War Department, for each yeai
tae' graduates of some of them become of.
eara In the regular army. The training
oiqbtb lor service as omcers in
anteer army. There were many Civil
reglmeat In command of colonels
less knowledge of military affairs
Mm yqung mtn obtain In tho course
r .studies. The graduates, If prop-
rganlsed, would form the nucleus
excellent reserve foree from which
the commanders of armies In a
ewgeney.
roads are legally Justified In paying a
man a full day's pay for less than eight
hours' work, and whether the men work
ing less than etght hours must be com
pelled to remain on duty for that length
of time. There Is evidently a nice legal
question involved here.
A BLANKET INDICTMENT
Ve
JUilread lawyers are beginning to
that after all the new eight-hour
,M Mr, "Wlfcton calls the wage-lnerease
may have dene semethisr to
7 r
tM'ura of labor of the train
It s'grtt hours as the measure
Jay's pa.asrf !rovl4s penalties for
vt Mm ywvtslan that at man
Jw paM a Mf's tsM wg at the
wunn cor muss jmmmv wic
are thiiasMis 9t tcalasaeii
( work stent sms, yet receive
toy's pay Moans they make a
lf 1M mils. Now the- is athlnf
aaw law about iM M
af m mi
rpHE longshoremen of New York, New
J-Jersoy, "and of the entire coast. If
necessary, even as far as New Orleans,"
are to be asked to strike, as well as one
third of the adult population of tho
metropolis. But if a street railway cor
poration will yield to certain demands of
tho conductors and motormen of one city,
this attempt to halt the nation's trade
with Europe and the rest of the world
will not be made. In possibilities for
producing a national crisis, the New
Tork labor situation Is measuring up on
even terms with the recent railroad
trouble.
Its symptoms are those of a social dis
location. Tho railroad situation Is purely
economic. The trainmen have organ
ized a corporation, with $16,000,000 capi
tal. They call themselves "labor,"
rather than "business" or "benevolent anil
protective association," simply as a mat
ter of policy. They admit they are paid
bettor than many railroad clerks and
that none of them Is suffering. Their In
sistence that tho railroads can afford to
pay them moro Is equivalent to saying
that if tho railroads cannot nlTord it they
won't nsk It, in theory. This is the atti
tude of business men and not of what
Is called labor.
But when butchers and garment mak
ers and longshoremen and motormen
show a tendency to pool their complaints
and mako a blanket Indictment of all em
ployers, tho troublo cuts deeper. The
butchers of Paterson, N. J., havo made
tho problem of the New York carmen
their own, according to union claims.
Why not the Chicago packers, the drovers
of the western plains? Who do not fur
nish meat? Who are not employes? In
censed by newspapers that ridiculed their
statement that 800,000 persons would go
out on a sympathetic strike, the union
leaders say that they will get as many
hundred thousand out as they possibly
can "Just to show the public." What
fraction of "the public" will there bo left
to be shown?
This extreme sensitiveness betrays a
social rather than an economic basis In
tho disorder. Of course It la primarily
the sensitiveness of the union leaders,
Just as It has been largely through their
hastiness and Intemperate talk that there
has been disorder. But if they are right,
If union labor Is ready to fly off the
handle because somjbody laughs, a re
markable change has come over the com
plexion of American family and social
life. It means that brothers and cousins
are everywhere at daggers drawn and
calling each other tyrants and slaves. It
means that half the parties that are held
are In danger of disruption because some
of tho guests are "labor" and some "capi
tal," some employes, some employers.
That Is the condition In America, where
all trades and professions mingle in the
same circles and associations, even in the
same family, If, as is asserted, the long
shoremen of New Orleans are ready to
strike In sympathy with the carmen of
New York because both groups are em
ployes. But it is not the general condition. It
is peculiar to New York, because as yet
in Industry New York is a foreign city,
with vast groups of undigested' aliens who
have been at work there since they
landed, and have not had a chance to
try America out. They bring class-spirit
with them and concentrated wealth and
poverty temporarily accentuates this
spirit in them. They find themselves all
In the same boat see none but an ex
ceptional individual among them rise
above their level. The assimilative pow.
er of the country, through which they
gradually filter, gives them their chances
according to their ability, in one genera
tion. New York is a sieve that catches
the big lumps of un-Amerlcanlsm and the
labor leaders there make the most of
them.
WHAPS THE MATTER WITH THE
DOYS?
TAOCTOIl BAKER, headmaster of the
-L-'Tome School, thinks that if some'
thing is not done to compel boys in the
private and publlo schools to take their
studies more seriously the men who are
to take the places of those now in posl
tlons of responsibility will be mental de
generates and the nation will suffer from
the Incompetency of Its citizens.
He charges that the boys are more In
terested in athletics and moving-picture
shows than In serious subjects, and that
they look with contempt upon a "grind."
Athletics exhaust their physical strength,
and when they go to the "movies" they
Indulge In an emotional debauch which if
demoralizing.
Ills warning against the sensational
moving-picture show should be heeded.
Prudent parents will not allow their boys
and girls to read sensational novels. No
more should they permit the young people
to see the sensational picture play. There
are picture plays that the children should
see. Some of them are amusing and
others are instructive, but, unfortunately,
the young people' who have get a taste
f the highly eoJered play with a leve
interest d net eare fer the ethers.
Deetor 'Baker jweeHeetieaUens of
future eUsaster are a Httle too gloomy.
Ify have aevar been fond of study.
M 1pm which he attraeU atUa-
Usw It
Tom Daly's Column
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THE BLIOIITED TltEB
When X teat vounper than J am
About the ape of Man" lamb
I can remember going out
Where chestnut tree ocro oil about
And loaded with the pricklv burr
In icMch tho chcttnut'g nuta occur
And when the frost teas tn the air
We'd have a nutting party there.
Hut chestnut tree oh chestnut tree
That once was our delight
Tou are not what you used to be.
Hut blighted with the bUght.
It was not very long ago
That these delights I used to know
But now no more the children shout
To see the chestnuts bursting out
To hear them pelting on the ground
Where in the leaves then could be found
And counted like the bits of gold
That grasping misers love to hold.
But chestnut tree oh chestnut tree
That once tcai our delight
You arc not what you used to be,
But blighted with the blight.
Goody! goody! how our heart goes out
to this poor fellow:
Our scrlbo on this end of the Job
Is finding out dally that writing up
a news column Is far from being al
together a pleannnt affair. For vari
ous reasons some on this order:
Many carry their newsy notes so tight,
as though under lock and key; others
you are nigh compelled to chase week
ly like a hound a rabbit In order to
securo their newsy squibs and when
one trys to nil the bill In reporter style
many feel like telling, us to Just mind
our own business. So here we are at
times feeling Just like the mule that
couldn't reach the hay stack gave It
up. So must we, unless helped by
others.
They who desire and have an. hon
est purpose can by Ills help gain an
entrance to the Promised Land, but
you must act, live and walk different
ly, like many of our church-goers of
today.
Ollbert. Correspondent Stroudsburc Times.
COMMUNIQUE
Wo cot 4
Due to niter!
Red set more?
Xlxerl nlxeyl
CHAN RICHTEIVS REPORT
Dear Tom The contrlb who suggests
that only natives or persons who have been
paying taxes for Ave years should bo al
lowed to represent a major leaguo city In
the National and American Leagues evi
dently wants to lower the standard of the
national game. This was tried back In the
setentle. before the National League was
organized, but It failed, as there were not
enough high-class players developed In
many of our best baseball cities to make
a team of major league caliber. You ask
me to name Philadelphia's representative
team for Buch a league, and It Is an easy
task. If the suggestion were adopted, Phil
adelphia and Boston would win all the pen
nants. The local team would line up with
Amos Strunk, Sherwood Mageo and either
Johnny Castle or Zzzle Hoffman In the out
Held. The Innsld could be made up with
George Burns, of Detroit, or Harry Davis on
first; Eddie Collins or Otto Knabe on seo
ond; "Pep" Young, of Detroit, or "Kid"
Stutz. of Milwaukee, who returns to St. Louis,
at short, and Honus Lobert on third. Charley
Dooln would be the catcher, with "Chief"
Bender, Bill Donovan and several lesser
lights to do the pitching. Collins, Magee,
Dooln, Knabe, Lobert and Bender were
not born In this city, but have been tax
payers for nve years or longer and, there
fore, are eligible. This team would play
strong ball In any league, and probably
has more brainy players in the line-up than
any In either league, CHAN RICHTER.
The Philadelphia Rhyme
We must repeat that "Philadelphia"
and "fill Adelphla" do not rhyme; they
merely match. But here's ono that meets
all rules and specifications:
Adel wrote "Phlladelfla"
And Teacher ao upaet.
That never will Adel "phla"
Uy any chance forget.
W. II. P.
JANITOR, colored: muat be dentils and Intel
ligent, with experlenca In driving automo
bile, etc. Claaeined Ad.
Honest, inquires O. H. W., is there
such a thing as a Semltlo negro?
Denatured Dialect Ditties
To satisfy our serious-minded educa
tors let us edit, for school ubb, some of
the terrible old songs our Ignorant fore
fathers delighted to s!ng. As a starter
(that Is to say, imprimis) we present
Stephen C. Foster's plantation ballad,
"De Camptown Races":
The this
Oe Camptown ladles sing die song
Doe dtthl daa dahl
U s
Camptown race track five mile long
A.
came there with
I comedown tkuMuM my hat caved in
with money,
I go back home M a pocket full-of tie
OKI daa daVdayl
CHORUS
Going
Gwtae to run all night!
Colng
Gwtae to run all dayl
the
Til bet my money on.de bobtail nag
the
Somebody bet on -tie-bay.
Newsy But Not News
An appl a dar
Kepa th doctor away,
Old Saw,
READINO, Pov Andy DIdd, of this
town, is having trouble with his wife. It
seems his wife is paying attention to a
certain doctor about town. The minute
Andy leaves the house In the morning
the doctor steps In. Yesterday the ex
pressman left three barrels of apples
at Mr. Sldd'a, each tagged;
"From th sulgbbora," JAC.
WANTBD Two or tart communicating room.
With two children.
CIaid Ad to Wluauujtoo paper.
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B. te. u that WU Martini la
Hounds like press ageat stuff: to us,
tot sawhaay told Kraalc, AAum, ot the
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THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
An Attempt to Describe the "Tanks" of the Allies A Democrat
Disagrees With John W. Frazier Bruce Hawkins
Indorsed by His Neighbor
This Department s free to oil reader cho
xolsh to esprrs their opinion on subjects of
current interest It is tin open forum, and the
Evening Ledger assumes no responsibility for
the vinos of its correspondents Letters must
be signed by the name and address of the
writer, not necessarily for publication, out as a
guarantee of good faith,
WHAT THE "TANKS" ARE LIKE
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir In view of the fact that tho "tank"
that convinced tho Germans that war could
be unnecessarily cruel Is an adaptation from
an American substitute for the humble
plow horse, and that Its speed Is such that
It co-operates with Infantry, do you not
agree with me that the Eveninq Ledoeii
artlst'B conception of It, drawn from cabled
descriptions and published a few days ago,
was somewhat Idealized?
It reminds me strongly of a steamroad
roller rampant going at a speed estimated
hero In West Philadelphia of about 200
miles an hour. More remotely It suggests
that conception of the dawn which depicts
Aurora In her chariot, drawn by fleet
footed horses amid rosy clouds.
The caterpillar tractrr, on which the
"tank" Is based, was placed on the Ameri
can market years ago. Recently I read de
scriptions of It In a dispatch from Washing
ton giving the maker's own account of
the delco. The tractor, Intended for farm
use originally, had been developed to draw
big guns. Both the Germans and the
Allies had It, It remaining for tho latter to
utilize It for 'rightfulness.
A mechanical caterpillar with armor and
flghtlng turret fairly describes the "tank,"
If I have not misconstrued the stories from
Europe and the maker's own words. There
Is no huge rear wheel and no "roller" In
front. It does not rear. On the contrary,
It emulates Its prototype and keeps all Its
feet on the ground and goes both Into and
out of a ditch head foremost. Its wheels
are of relatively low diameter. They are
cogged and worked Into a continuous Bteel
chain belt, shod on the under side with short
metal tftrlps, which serve as a continuous
track. The maker, In the recent story from
Washington, Bays the machines he sent
abroad weighed about nine tons each and
had ISO horsepower to drive them, The
liddltlon of armor and flghtlng turret, of
course, Increases this weight. The whole
mechanism is highly articulated, so that
each part can work at Its own Individual
level without disturbing the others. Rach
series of wheels, In fact, can work at differ
ing levels.
With ISO horsepower driving It, the
cogged mechanism works Into the contin
uous belt and goes forward or back as de
sired, The sectional track Is laid and taken
up as the wheels revolve. Like its proto
type, every part of the 16wer structure Is
In contact with the earth, and the result is
a crawling movement of wonderful power.
Unlike the Evbnino XiKDoer artist's con
ception, the caterpillar part of the "tank" Is
low-lying. In general form like a thick bed
mattress. Doubtless in the Interest of low
visibility, as well as stability, the flghtlng
turrets are as small and low as consistent
with effectiveness.
The sight of this grim monster ambling
Into action, like one of the fabled monsters.
Impervious to bullets, crawling across shell
craters and trenches, crashing through ordi
nary defenses and all the time spitting death
from machine guns and light artillery, must
have convinced even a veteran of Louvaln
that "'rightfulness" should have no place
In war, D, H. K.
Philadelphia, September 25,
THE WICKED REPUBLICANS
To the Bditor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir No matter whatever visionary,
mythical assertions may be hurled at Wil
son! o matter if Republican correspond
ents like John W. Frazier write one million
columns of cross-eyed, twisted, colored and
doctored facts, the fact of all facts still
remains: That It is between America and
Germany, and that every voter has been
summoned by true test to vote as an Amer
ican In November. Bear In mind that the
Kuropean war was not caused by Wilson.
Wilson happened to be the President when
aartnany sank the Lueltaaia and a sub.
tnartae controversy arose. Th n.m..M.
Ajiarirans aid not like WtUoa'a actios 2.'
m HL.jsHB 9ks
ssssssssssBBSSSSsm faaapjfaiBafkak m.
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simon-pure slap on Wilson's face. Re
member that slapping Wilson will mean
slapping Uncle Sam.
I have had steady work through two
panics caused by the Republican rule. I
have observed that the Repub'lcans claim
their party to be tho only party that can
create prosperity for us. Not that only,
they have even been trying hard to create
"fake" hard times ever since defeated by
Wilson In 1912. nut they wickedly seized
the Kuropean war as an excuse for our un
precedented prosperity.
Who says that Wilson Is no good? The
Republicans and the Republican papers.
Who says that the currency law or the
rural credit act Is a failure? The Repub
licans and the Republican bankers. Who
does not want the farmers to be benefited
by the rural credit act? Wall street
bandits. Who says the Income tax Is no
good? The "any thing-to-beat-Walson" Re.
publicans.
Wilson's Administration has, to my mind,
been closer to the people than any Repub
lican administration In fifty years. It Is
no fault of Wilson's that the cost of living
has, not been reduced, because the vested
Interests still control the country through
the people's own fault The Interests can
defy either party, Democratic or Republican.
M. P. L.
Philadelphia, September 23.
HAWKINS IS NOT A GERMAN
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir I notice In your correspondents' col
umn of Friday's issue that one A. M, T
makeB the bold assertion that Druce Raw
kins Is a German. As a friend and neigh
bor of Mr. Hawkins, I beg to Inform A. M.
T. that his presumptions are groundless. I
have known Mr. Hawkins since he arrived
fiom Liverpool, some nineteen years ago,
and although he has never renounced his
allegiance to Great Drltaln. still. I think.
as every American should, that he Is entitled
to assume mat nis letters to your paper will
be read In the same good faith as those of
our own citizens.
GKORGE ALFRED POWELL.
Philadelphia, September 23.
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
In the Iowa State University they are
teaching young men to be janitors. That
seeros to be one way to get the college Jani
tor Nvork done cheaply, Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
BUT DIDNT YOU SMILE?
We guess the Jokes about Henry Ford
must have been all used up as we see that
the Philadelphia Eveninq Ledger Is now
trying to raise a smile by referring to him
as Fenry Hord. Ohio State Journal.
AT LOVE'S DOOR
When the rain and the lonely night begin
There are ghosts at the door and I call
them In;
And one la the ghost of love laid low
Under the lilies of long ago;
Too pJre and sweet for a world like this,
Where the thorn's blood crimsons the rose's
kiss;
The love as deep as heaven Is high J
Memory's music and memory's sigh.
This Is the ghost of love that stands
At the door of life when the lonely lands
Are whelmed In the night when
the dark descends
And even the stars are like lost friends
Spirits to whom no grace Is given.
That cannot find tbelr way In heaven I
0 ghost of lovei O dream of light I
Come In, come In from the homeless night I'
Come In from the night and (he phantom-
ways,
With the gleams and dreams of the golden
days
The world Is so weary, the night is too long,
And the break o' the heart's In the soul o'
the song.
This Is your haven and this your owb(
place
With the tears of the year falllag ever
love's faoe
1 shall hold you tn pease, after paHlag aa4
JUSTICE TO HENRY FORD
Much has been written against Henry
Ford and his extreme pacificism. Some of
It undoubtedly has been deserved. He Is a
real Quixotic figure, who attracts the barb
of satire an sometimes even the arrow
tipped with Venom. Perhaps he should not
blame others for this condition. The man
who employs his own system of spotlights
to reveal himself to the public aids the
marksmanship of his critics.
But there Is another sldo to this man
Ford. He Is not alone a manipulator of
pacifists by the boatload or plaintiff In
Gargantuan libel suits. Not long ago Mr.
Ford's company Issued Its annual statement
During the fiscal year Its profits amounted
to within a few dollars of i60.000.000. In
other words, Mr. Ford Is creating a fortune
that will take its place high among those of
American financial history. But It Is not
the size of Mr. Ford's fortune that gives us
thought. It Is the manner of Its acquisition.
This man has no Erie scandal to blacken
his record. He haB no Union Pacific manip
ulation to bring the curses of a stock
market upon him. No New Haven scandal
besmirches his name. He has not bribed
Government weighers. He does not have to
answer the indictment which public sen
timent has drawn up against those who
ravaged Government and made Illicit deals
with railroads that they might crush com
petition, such as stands today against the
men who roso to great financial power from
the operations of the Standard Oil Company
and Its predecessor, tho South Improve
ment Company. Henry Ford's record is
one of a clean fight against the competi
tion of his time. His wealth Is entirely a
symbol of the service he has rendered com
mercially to the community. Cincinnati
Times-Star.
NATIONAL POINT OP VIEW
The Government, admitting that the rail
roads need greater Income, might start by
Increasing mall pay, Wall Street Journal
If we are to have a Sherman law we
should ,havo a better one one that does
not tolerate an Increase of the price of
bread. There is an Issue bigger than any
that politics howls over. Ohio State
Journal.
It seems that nothing must be done by
the United States for the protection of
the border that might offend the Mexicans,
who are rather easily offended when Amer
icana are concerned. Birmingham Age-Herald.
But if we accept the verdict from Maine
as the verdict of the whole country, are
there any doubtful States? Only one ot
the six mentioned at Republican head
quarters as doubtful can be regarded aa
otherwise than safely Republican If the
unification of the Republican and Progress
ive parties be shown by the vote in Maine.
Buffalo Commercial.
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ALL THIS WEEK "
PAULINE FREDERICK
"ASHES OF EMBERS"
P A T . A f!Fi " "AnKET ST.
r &LiA.jLj MAe MURRAY
presentation The Big Sister"
Tituns., TOI., SAT. DUSTlR FAUNUM
In "THE FIOHTINO PARSON-
CHESTNUT ST. OPERA HOUSE
LAST WEEK I
TWICE DAILT-JHB and 8:15
the BIRTH of NATION
Matinee, except Saturday, S5o. 60a and Te
Nlihte oA Baturday lil..' 2&.' 8? and Jifoo.
What Do You Know?
Arcadia wsnassysp
"THE JUNGLE CHILD"
Tliure,, Frl.. Bat, "Plana of the Folltee''
VTflTORTA RKT Above WH '
V iZLTVZ Zit9n Kimball Youne
"THE DARK SIT,Hwrpy
Karetute Comeay'The Wlnala,; puBofc
fleaMweT-e yawy Orakiitn
Thura., Frl.. Het.r-wEael of t", ii
Regent "M?m
A:mLBM&Jtf8rl-
Qutrttt e enteral Ixlrrett will u -..
tn IM elm. Ten evetfbme. .v. LTw,r
uMck every uelWerm4 reriea eiST
or atktd dally, " "ie,
QUIZ
'" 'rV?14 " ynTi ,'Wt "Id tl
t. TChat was the origin f the O. A. R.f
S. What are th fanr anrnamei bui
onentlr round In rhlladelphlaf ""
4. Thy rrilrtente of ana ef the'larte eHU. u
5. What are banditti
What are the dntles at eeinraiat
What It an IbliT
What are tb bolllnc ana free.lnf taUv.
a rahrenhelt thermometer! """
Is tar real wanner with the fee aa tk.
Inalde or on the oattldeT "
Is Ic aliraya at tho aama temparstcnt
Answers to Yesterday's Quit
Naney Hanka. Ibe mother ot lineola.
Kentntky la an Indian word, meanlai "u.
dark and bloody around." "
Damaieue. famed for the maUnc of ,,,..
Ind pnrchaaed by United Statee fro nil
Wleon, the territory known mLooUIa.1"
extending froin the Canadian lK uSS
Uolf, wea.t of tho Mleilulppi" w tt
A. Hi., antemerldlem; p. m., poiUnerUUi.
before and after midday, """""Wl.
rotponrrl. , mlrtore of dried Detail ael
i'moelhrUVJary'ttr''
A,BS3 &!' " P"'"". rraart.
"'ws: :nwlu'ttt,t "" "
, Color bllndneeti the ehlef defect le is t
ability to dl.tlntoleh Keen fRm JesT "
Sloai, pronoanced "floo."
The Jumps of Fleas
8. W. It Is true that the question ef the
distance a flea can Jump, especially In a
vertical direction, has been considered of i
enough importance to warrant scientific re
search. Tho jumping powers of fleas are
exaggerated in the minds of most persons.
Mltzmaln, working tn California, found the
maximum horizontal distance pulex trrlUni
could Jump was thirteen Inches. He fousd
that a fow specimens could Jump to a
height of seven and three-quarter Inihej.
Five Inches has been recorded as the maxi
mum horizontal Jump of the Indian rat flea
oy inn inaian 1'iague commission, and tn
..... ......... vv..UHw. .j .ui.iiiaia vnreo
and one-elRhth Inches was the greateat
neigni 10 wnicn mis npecies could Jump. In
other tests Investigators found that the Eu-
ropcan rat flea and common ground iqulrrel
flea could Jump slightly less than three and
one-nan incnes in a vertical direction. (2)
Nenrly all fleas havo more or less difficulty
In crawling on smooth surfaces or on cloth
ing, yet In time they are capable ot making
considerable progress on clothing, either In
a vertical or a horizontal direction.
Discoverer of South Pole
E. II. C. Cnptatn Itaold Amundsen dis
covered tho South Pole December It, 1811,
lie Is a Norwegian.
To Vote on Single Tax
D. S. P. The single tax will be voted on
by the electorate of California on November
7. Taking ndvantage of the Intlatlve, the
advocates of the Henry George theory ob
tained the necessary signatures to a peti
tion which will place a constitutional amend- "
ment before the people on election day..
About 74,000 signatures were required and
130,000 names were obtained. Luke North,
chairman of the Single Taxers' campaign
committee, said that after rigid legal check
ing 88,193 names were validated. The cost
ot placing tho measure before the voters of
California was about $7000.
Languages
F. C. The following figures for the num
ber of persons speaking In various lan
guages are approximate: English, 160,000,
000! German, 130,000,000; Russian, 100,000,
000; French, 70,000,000; Italian, 50,000,
000; Spanish, 50,000,000; Portuguese, 25,-000,000.
.IB
OR PUMPERNICKEL?
The National Association of Hotel Chefs i&A
has decided that hereafter the menus must wi
be printed In English. Qoodi What's -nr-)tjg
ltsn lor sauerKrauu racoma rriDune.
AMUSEMENTS
Trri'DTTrCnn Evenings at 8:tf
r WlVlvrJkJ Mat. Tomorrow .
A SUPREME ACHIEVEMENT
JULIA
SANDERSON i
DONALD
BRIAN
JOSEPH
CAWTHORN I
IN
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IUS1CA1, COMEDV K) X XJ X XJ
T VDTn POSITIVELY LAST 7 TIMES
1J I XVlV LA8T Jl.SO MAT. TOMORROW
THE BEST MUSICAL SHOW IN TOWN 4L
PORTNSON CRUSOE. JR.'
w,TItcTo,i,i:DTAnNnLE88 AL JOLSON
sun it TomaiiTt get tickets SJHthlli,
Next Week, Seata Next Thura. Mall Ordera No. ,
Clifton Crawford '"so n'
With JOHN CHARLES THOMAS and '
MAHOAUET HOMAINB ' .
P ADDTPW This Next Week. Eira.istti,j
jAiVXvJ.OJ. Popular II Mat. Tomorrow j
rnuiM nnii TtAnniR Prticnt ' 1
The House of Glass.
with MARY RYAN
And the Original New York Compter
BROAD Next Sat. Evg. JgwS;
Opening- Iteeular Dramatic Seeeon t
The MESSUS. BHUDEItT Freeent
MARIE TEMPEST
&"' "A Lady's NaroeJ
Ilett Seata 11.60 at Popular Wedneidar Mt'a;'
B. F. KEITH'S THEATER
Fifteenth Annual Blue (iiDiwa vun
ADELAIDE & HUGHES .
In "THE GARDEN OP THE WORLD' j
Cecil uunninsnamj i-oniuiu ."""!. , 1
Herbert at co. 1 jmmeii tvricn a -yv ,-ii
day at 2. 25c and 60c. Tonight st " WJL il
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